Senior Legal Counsel, Employment

As a Senior Legal Counsel, Employment, you will be tasked with providing strategic, practical employment legal advice across a global organization. This role will partner closely with the People team and cross-functional stakeholders, with a primary focus on the United States while supporting other jurisdictions outside of the US as needed.

This is a hybrid role, with in-office collaboration one day per week at our Mountain View, CA office.

What Will You Do?

Primary responsibilities include:

Act as a trusted advisor on the full employee lifecycle, including complex hiring, performance management, executive compensation, and sensitive terminations.

Partner closely with the People team and other internal stakeholders to identify, assess, and mitigate employment-related risks.

Own the development, review, and rollout of employment policies, templates, employee handbooks, practices, and best-in-class frameworks that scale globally while accounting for local requirements, including addressing complex or high-risk matters, sensitive employee issues, and strategic initiatives.

Lead and take initiative on internal investigations, including employee complaints, workplace conduct matters, and policy violations, and advise on and support any required remediation efforts.

Leverage data and analytics to track employment trends, manage operational spend, and present clear insights to legal and People leadership, supporting data-driven decision-making across a complex matrix organization.

Manage outside counsel relationships, including invoice review and approvals, spend monitoring, rate negotiations, and maintaining a matter tracker, to control costs and improve outcomes.

What Skills and Knowledge Will You Bring?

Ideal candidates will have:

A JD (or an equivalent) with 8+ years of employment law experience, including significant in-house experience

Familiarity with and experience advising on key employment law frameworks such as non-competes, separations, disability claims, and hiring practices (including background checks and pay transparency)

Well-grounded knowledge of US employment law

Comfort working with data: building metrics, spotting trends, and presenting clear, concise insights to senior leaders

Sound and practical business judgment

Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage a high-volume workload in a fast-paced and demanding work environment, with excellent written and verbal communication skills

A bias and drive for action, learning and problem solving

High responsiveness with a service-focused approach

Both a collaborative teammate and able to work independently

Preferred: 4+ years of in-house experience at a technology company

Preferred: Experience advising on employment matters across multiple jurisdictions, ideally including APJ and Israel

Preferred: Experience advising on sales commission plans and other sales compensation matters

Preferred: Familiarity with employee benefit plans and related compliance

Preferred: Experience with the employment side of M&A, integrations, and restructurings

Preferred: Experience with AI tools to streamline research, analyze data trends, and scale legal support across a growing global team

Why SentinelOne?

AI is redefining how the world operates and rewriting the rules of security in real time, and SentinelOne was built for this moment. From day one, we architected an AI-native platform designed to operate at machine speed, not as an add-on to legacy systems but as the foundation itself. If you want to build where innovation and impact move together, this is that place.

We invest in our Sentinels with comprehensive, competitive benefits designed to support you and your family:

Equity & Rewards

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Time Off & Wellbeing

Flexible time off

Paid company holidays and paid sick time

Gender-neutral parental leave

Grandparent leave

Insurance & Financial Security

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) retirement plan with company match

Life and disability insurance

Health and dependent care FSA

Voluntary benefits (hospital, accident, critical illness)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

ARAG pre-paid legal

Nationwide pet insurance

Cancer Care program

Global business travel medical insurance

Work Perks & Flexibility

Home office allowance

Mobile phone reimbursement

Wellness & Lifestyle

Wellness coach

Wellness/gym reimbursement

Fertility coverage

Adoption & surrogacy reimbursement

This U.S. role has a base pay range that will vary based on the location of the candidate. For some locations, a different pay range may apply.  If so, this range will be provided to you during the recruiting process. You can also reach out to the recruiter with any questions.

Base Salary Range

$211,600—$290,950 USD